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    Default Deafness

    Any really deaf blokes here, at the point that hearing aids are no good any more.

    I am totally deaf in one ear and cant hear with the other one.
    This makes it very dangerous in the shed, I cant hear my table saw etc running.

    Just wondering how you cope with every thing, do you have any aids/ equipment to help you?

    Thanks in advance.


    PS on the plus side I cant hear the missus nagging any more.

    Ratty 05/2004 -05/07/2010 COOPER 01/08/1998-31/01/2012

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    WHAT!?




    (it had to be said- you cracked a funny first, the flood gates were opened!)


    Is it a workplace thing? If yes, you might be able to get access to an Occupational Therapist to help with coping. I have met a few of them over the years, a little known health discipline, but they manage some cool things to help retain a normal life.

    Just an idea, seems silly but may work- paint a pinwheel on a saw blade to help see if it's moving (or get hypnotized before you get a chance to touch it).
    Or a red light placed near a danger point if power is on to a device (deaf people can have a light that flashes when phone rings).

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    Not deaf but worried about losing my hearing so wear serious ear muffs a lot.
    This means an increased risk of not hearing related problems.

    On such incident happened when a new (ie sharp) 25mm MT3 bit fell out of my DP and as I had muffs on could not hear the DP was still running I picked up the bit and shoved it back into the MT socket - I was lucky it lucky it just nicked a bit of skin on my right hand.

    Also some machinery is relatively silent when turned off but still rotating. The worst one of these was my WW bandsaw which would keep running almost silently for more than 90s after switched off. Have since fitted a footbrake so that I can stop it real quick.
    Any the mens shed there is a radial arm saw with the same problem so I fitted an ebrake.
    Have also though seriously about fitting electrical brakes to some of the VFDs on some of my machinery but this has to be done carefully with machines like lathes.

    Adding visual cue like a flashing red or amber light to a machine's on switch might be worth considering.

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    Hi Guys,

    I suffer similar problems, I'm very deaf in one ear and quite deaf in the other ! I do wear hearing aids in both ears, though having had a persistent ear canal infection, I cannot get the mould into my right ear at the moment. Trouble is that's my good ear.

    As far as machinery goes I've developed a habit of making sure that I switch off after use, and machines like the circular saw and press drill, I wait until I can see that they have stopped. I realised quite some time ago that a silently running machine was a real hazard.

    Touch wood I still have all my digits.
    Best Regards:
    Baron J.

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    Default Wire some Andons (Light Towers)

    You could probably try wiring in some Andons (Light Towers) on your machines, you can get steady ones, flashing ones, all in various colours

    Peter

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    You may have already, investigated this, my friend is deaf in both ears also standard aids no use however he has recently had a Cochlear implant, and is quite happy and is going to have the side done as well;

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    Quote Originally Posted by China View Post
    You may have already, investigated this, my friend is deaf in both ears also standard aids no use however he has recently had a Cochlear implant, and is quite happy and is going to have the side done as well;

    Hi China, I am going through that now. Any chance of getting in contact with your mate, I have never meet anyone with an implant, would like here there experiences.

    Ratty 05/2004 -05/07/2010 COOPER 01/08/1998-31/01/2012

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